Antiskid freight-anchoring device for flat cars



March 15,1927.

|.'| FRIEDLAENDER ET AL ANTISKID FREIGHT ANCHORING DEVICE FOR FLAT CARS Filed March 29. 1926 Z SheetS-Sheet 1 w m NA W? \H A JV xv. (IF

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' 1 192 1620758 March 7 I. L. FRIEDLAENDER ET AL ANTISKID FREIGHT ANCHORING DEVICE FOR FLAT CARS Filed March 29. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 :4 TTORNE Y.

Patented Mar. 15, 1927 lemon LEb-FRIEDLAENDERAND STEPHEN J. MARX, or nnrnoir; MICHIGAN me o am-mama Damon Fo'RQrLAT CARS.

, Our invention relates -tq "an anti-skid freight I anchoring device for new; cars shown in the accompanying"drawings and more particularly described in the following specificationand claims. it lh primary .objectl of on invention: s an anchoring (device employed the ship} meat o relatively large' boxed '01; crated freight upon fiat V cars and i while of simple and i'iiexpensive construction, serves to effectnall fl} anchor "and prevent skidding of boxed ,freightiipon'a' car deckc; f l the device adapt 'd alsiifr"anc erm u rp d 3 m'in:c ates;'5 I

' A. flirtherTobject of thel invention is "to provide a"device'which may] not only be spiked to the deck of the car but willautomaticallyi'embeditself'in the car deck and of'thelatter thereon}; a

A further ob'ectis to PIQVldG' a device adaptedto embed fitselfwin the wallsfof allsofthe boxes or cr'ate'sdue' to the wsight v supe'frposedboxes or crates when interposed between the walls offthe boxes.

1; A tfurtherfobject. t the in enti n is] to provide a construction adapted receive the ends of metal straps overlappingfthe boxes and connected to" a. plurality of the devices spiked' to thejfdeckof thecarfadjacentftO efac'hside'and'ends'jof the boxes or crates loaded directly upon the car deck ;fthe

'en'ds of the straps bein sealed in: the

usual manner thereby 'anc oring the freight to the jcalr deck fandprotecti ng fit against ing flby Inet al straps the ideviees spiked to 'iinlawfulftampering/ p v i j Q A further object isto provide for i connectthe: car "deck "with others inserted between the walls of superposedboxesthe straps overlapping the upper walls for engagement with like members locatedjon the opposite sides and ends of the boxes or cratesfj With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the; description proceeds the invention "furtherf' resides in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodi- *ment of'the invention herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the same.

In the drawings accompanying this specification Figure 1 is a diagrammatic. side elevation of a flat car showing a plurality of superposed boxes of freight anchored to the car-with parts brokenaway and in section more clearlyjindicate the application I of lthe device; v e

' Figureg2 isffi P1 111VieWfofthesameM "F re is s vat o of a modification in] the method, employed to! secure the freight to anchoring ,deyic'es;

- Figure 4 is a plan 'viewshowing the freightanchored to the carfas indicatedin he pr ced ns eurei- 1' vFigure 5 is 'ajqperspeetiveg view of'fthe fiooranchoring device 5' H FigurejG is a p'lan' 'view of the same. Figure 'Z is ajnioditicatio'n or co-operating chorin IQV QQIQmPIQYQ l ib e nl. up rposedjboxes or cratesaj H53 'Fgure 8 is'a plan view of'th'e samie;

Referring now to the letters of reference I Place i po l d a ngs. 'A'denotes'a' flat'lcar. B- -B indicate a pin rality of boxes or crates loaded uponthe car. O designates' the floorianchoringdevifce consisting of a plate Dprovided wit-hja plurality of preferably chamfered apertures f D 'forthepassage of spikes or screws by which the device is secured to the deck of a fiat car, 'Projectingjupwardly and fcen trally': the base'iplate' are spacedposts connected by a""b'ar"F integral with the posts E reinforced below byian upstand;

flange G integr'alwith theplate D, 'whichis provided on one side of the'posts I with upstanding and downwardly project ing sharp pointedstuds H, adapted QtoPbe embedded'in the deck' ofthe car and fwall of the box overlapping the plate. In an choringjthe freight to; thevcar deckfthe 'up standing posts E of the device are placed adjacent to'the'wallsi of'the boxes at each side and end of the latter', "withthe boxes resting on the studded portion of the plates,f the studs? thereupon underthe welght of the boxes being driven into the walls of "the latter and also. in the car vdeck;--the floor platejbeing also spil redfto the deck 'ofYth'e car. 7 v

When it is desired to load the ca-rs with superposed boxes a correspondingco-operating element D shown inFigure 7 is employed with its laterally projecting spike plate D interposed between the top and bottom of the respective superposed boxesspikes H of the device to embed themselves in the walls of the upper and lower boxes as will be readily. understood. Projecting downwardly from the plate D in the collH) the weight of the upper box causing the.

operating device are spaced posts JE connected together by a cross bar F with a reinforcing flange Gr similar to the flange G" car with their i'ipstandin'gposts adjacentto the ends and against the side walls of; the

boxes,the boxes resting upon the "studded plate of the device. J y 1 Directly abovethe anchoring devices upon the top of the row of boxes arepIa'ced the co-ordinating devices shown in Figure 7-, and upon the sharpenedstuds of the latter are loaded four superposed boxes, the weight of which causes the sharpened studs to embed themselves in the walls'of the upper and lower boxes.

The anchoring devices secured to the car 'deck are then connected to those above by metal straps I looped around the respective cross bars F and F the looped ends being secured by a suitable sealing device J, diagrammatically indicated in the first four figures of the drawings, Other metal straps I are then connected with the devices "placed between the boxes and extend ove'r'the top of the upper boxes to be secured to like devices on the opposite side ;the same method being also employed for connecting the anchoring devices placed at "each end of'the boxes. p

In the modification in the method of anchoring shown in Figures 3 and 4, the longitudinally running straps I extend from end toend of twosets of boxes and are connected to the devices located between the upper and lower'tiers at each end -.oi the car and these are in turn connected with the skidding while in transit.

floor plates secured to the deck at each. end of the fiat car.

By the employment of this device relatively large and heavy boxed freight may be securely anchored to the car and held against Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

{An anti-skid anchoring j device for freight consisting of a plate having a plurality of studs projecting from the plate, with an integral loopportion extending at right angles to the plate to receive the end i of an 7 anchoring strap; 1

2. An anti-skid anchoring device for i-freight consisting "of a plate having a pluceive the end of anan chbring etrapfcennested therewith; and means wherebysaid plate maybe attached to a car floor t'o'se cure the boxes against lateral l'ong'itu dinal movement. I i p p 4, An anti-skid anchoring device for boxed freight consisting-for plate havinga plurality ofstuds projecting'irom' opposite sides of said plate with integral posts spaced apart and joined together by acOnnecti-ng bar adapted to ovcrla'ptlie "side \valls j'o'f the freight boxes and to 're'c'eivef thef en'd 'offa metal strap looped "around said connecting bar and extending over thegtop o'f the boxes for connection with like devic s on the lopposite sides 'o f said boxedtreiglft.

5. An anti-skid anchoring device @for boxed freight consisting of a plate having a plurality of s'tuds'fproje'cti'n therefrom for embedding in the "walls of boxes containing neighqresfun thereon, said plate i being also perforated for the "passage of spikes, whereby the devic isengaged to the deck of a car,,sai d plate havingan upstanding looped portion tor'eceive" a metal strap engaged therewith and overlapping the walls of "the boxes foi 'engagenient with devices otilike character on the opposite side of the .boxedtrei-ght,

' In testimony wher'eo'f, we si'gnjthis specification. 1 4 f ILSADQB-LEO FRIEDLAENDER.

STEPHEN J. MARX. 

